Garment-former.



I. O.'CORMIER.

GARMENT FORMER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1915.

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.1. 0. CORMIER.

GARMENT FORMER.

APPLICATlON FILED FEB. 23. m5.

Patented Nov. 1917.

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A TTORNE VS.

JOSEPH OLIVER ,CORMIER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GARMENT-FORMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov, 6, 1917.

Application filed February 23, 1915 Serial No. 9,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr OLIVER Con- MIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarinent-Formers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to steam-ironing devices, and the invention is ofspecial utility in drying and ironing'gloves, mittens, socks, stockingsand like wearing apparel in a rapid and expeditious manner withoutscorching or otherwise injuring the article regardless of its finenessof texture and at a nominal cost in the consumption of fuel and in timeand labor.

This invention is primarily designed for the use of a manufacturer,cleaner and launderer who requires a rapid, safe and efficient means ofdrying and ironing such articles as-gloves, socks, etc., either afterthe manufacture of the goods or after washing or dyeing the articles, insmall'or large quantities. The conception involves a device conformingin shape to the article to be dried or ironed and of the same orslightly smaller dimensions than the article so that a perfect orsubstantially snug fit may be obtained when the article is drawnthereover, and the device comprises means to distribute steam heat at ahigh temperature and in a safe and guarded way uniformly to the articleor in such manner that the article will be uniformly dried and ironedwhile in place on the device and while placing it upon and removing itfrom the device.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of three ofmy improved devices mounted on a table and connected with steam supplyand exhaust pipes and showing a sectional view of a screwing device forthe steam on the supply line. Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sections ofthe glove ironer on lines '2-2, and 3--3, respectively, of Fig. l. Fig.d is a longitudinal section of the glove ironer, and Fig. 5 is an edgeelevation thereof, Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section, of asock ironer embodying my invention, and Fig. 7 1s a transverse sectionthereof on line 77, Fig. 6.

The invention comprises a hollow casing 2 made of relatively thin sheetmetal, preferably brass, and containing a coil of copper pipe 3, ofrelatively small diameter having the respective ends thereof extendingthrough the bottom end of the casing and provided with suitablecouplings 4: adapted to make a steam-tight connection with the valvefitting 5 of the steam supply pipe 6 and with the fitting 7 of the steamoutlet pipe 8. A basemember 9 having a flat extension 10 is projectedintothe hollow bottom and of casing 2 to provide a rigid supporttherefor, and any suitable means may be employed to fasten the basemember 9 in a fixed position on a table or bench 11. The

casing is flat on both sides and relatively shallow, being in fact madeto bear against and contact with opposite sides of the pipe 3 and theentering and outgoing portions of the pipe have a still greater surfaceengagement with the casing in view of their corner seating positionwithin the rounded edge portions 14 of the casing, seeFigs. 2 and 7. Theflat supporting extension 10 practically closes the bottom end of thecasing, but a narrow space 15 is left at each-side opposite the straightportion of the pipe3 to permit the escape of and to direct any escapingsteam downward andaway from the operator. Such escape of steam can onlyoccur if a leak occurs in the pipe as it is not intended to have thecasing interior directly exposed to the steam. Such exposure is eX-pressly avoided by the use of the pipe as one object of the invention isto avoid excessive heating of the brass casing or facing 2 by the steamand possible scorching and injury to the article stretched in tight andclose-fitting position upon and against the casing. Steam at a hightemperature and under considerable pressure may be confined safely inthe copper pipe and the heat radiated by the pipe is indirectly conveyedto the goods after diffusion through the brassv casing from the linearcontact of the pipe at spaced intervals within the casin The mostdelicate fabrics are quickly dried and ironed, but not injured ifpermitted to remain on the device for a reasonable period of time beyondthe time necessary to get the desired results, and to understand theetlicacy and need of a factor of safety in this direction it must berealized that articles such as gloves vary greatly in color, grade andcharacter of materials. One object of the device is to do the workquickly on any article of wearing apparel made of textile or leather, orthin or heavy goods, and at the same time absolutely avoid injury whenany one of these materials is subjected to a longer period of heatingthan the chosen article requires.

In Fig. the form and shape of easing 2 is made to correspond to that ofa glove, less the thumb, and the pipe 3 is in the form of a coil havingits sections following the border edges of the casing and the fingers16, except that the central section 17 of the coil extends in the formof a loop down into the central portion of the casing to more um'tormlydistribute the heat to the flat body thereof corresponding to the palmand back of the glove. Extension 10 or' the base support is in this casebifurcated as shown to provide a stable and still core for the otherwiselight and hollow casing. The doubled sections 18 of the pipe 3 withinthe fingers 16 are also retired inwardly from the edges 19, therebyaffording edge channels lengthwise at each side of the fingers toaccommodate the accordion seam portions of certain types ofgloves.

In Fig. 6, I show a sock form of easing, that is, the casing is made toconform to the outlines of a seek or stocking and the pipe 3 follows oneborder edged the casing into the toe end 20 thereof and has a series ofcoils 21 extending back to the bottom, one of said coils'2l beingprojected into the heel portion 22 of the casing.

The pipes 3 are relatively small in diameter to limit the amountot'steam passing therethrough and in a sense to regulate the maximumamount of steam which can he used withoutdanger to the goods, and inorder to avoid clogging of the pipe, I proride a tubular connection forthe intake endof the supply pipe which contains a screen or guard offine wire mesh 2e of conical form whereby all foreign matter isprevented-from entering the pipes. A valve '25 controls the amount ofsteam supplied to deadened, lost or impaired, while the inaterialremains soft and pliable and does not become hard.

What I claim is z As a newarticle of manufacture, a garinent formercomprising a thin metallic hocy formed in one piece having fiat sidesand rounded border edges, a continuous relatively sniall fluidconveying" passage in contact with the walls of said'hody and havingseparate terminals projecting from the lower end of said body andprovided each with a coupling nut afiixed rotatahly in sealing relationsthereon, and a support for said hodyhaving a portion extending withinthe body and provided with a lateral projection adapted to be attachedto a fixed support.

lntestiinony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH OLIVER CORMIER. ll itnesses R. B. Moshe, M. SCHWAN,

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